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March 9, 2006
The First Sign of a Brooklyn Development Is a Demolition
The NY Times
By Nick Confessore
The first visible change to the site of the proposed $3.5 billion Atlantic Yards development near Downtown Brooklyn crept into view yesterday as workers began dismantling, brick by brick, a dilapidated four-story building on Atlantic Avenue.
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The Empire State Development Corporation, the state agency overseeing the project, approved the demolitions in December, but opponents are hoping to block any future demolitions in court.Technically, however, the demolitions have no bearing on the development's prospects for state approval, a fact opponents stressed yesterday.
In a statement, one opponent, Daniel Goldstein, a spokesman for Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, noted that the state review had "barely begun" and that the "community's fight to determine its future landscape and well-being is stronger than ever."
Forest City Ratner officials, meanwhile, reiterated that the demolitions were intended strictly to alleviate a threat to public safety.
Posted by lumi at March 9, 2006 8:20 AM